On 2 Mar 1999, Jonathan NAYLOR wrote:
> The idea of using a dummy NET/ROM callsign is so obvious, but so good
> and at least in my eyes doesn't appear as a kudge. Its just the same
> conceptually as when you had a BPQ system which had both a node and a
> BBS, the BBS never appeared as a NET/ROM interlink callsign, but in
> effect was hidden behind the node with a suitably high quality.
Yes, with only the slight difference that in linux you need to have one
callsign that "does nothing" except "routes NET/ROM traffic". The "node"
and "bbs" are then both behind that.
> Still its got me thinking about modifying ax25d to allow for a wildcard
> on the SSID, like:
>
> [G4KLX-$ VIA 144]
>
> or similar, with the $ indicating a wildcard. The * has already been
> used for something else and it would make parsing a little easier. It
> would save some finger work at least.
Hmm. Is * used in anything else than as a port wildcard ([OH2BNS VIA *]) ?
And would behaviour where callsign without SSID would mean any SSID break
too many configs around the world? I can look into implementing into this
if noone else wants to.
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